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 *characters of a reading man, a ready man, and of an exact man, considered, iv. 68.

Man and wife, on disputes between, iv. 187.

Manna, metaphysically described, vii. 19.

Manuscripts, the propriety of placing them in some publick library, iv. 342. the loss of knowledge, by the loss of old libraries, lamented, 343.

Marino, metaphysical poetry borrowed from him, vii. 17.

Marlborough, duke of, his life undertaken by Mallet. See Mallet.

Marlborough, Henrietta, dutchess of, her partiality for Congreve, viii. 30. Congreve leaves her ten thousand pounds, ibid. erects a monument to his memory, ibid.

Marlborough, Sarah, dutchess of, celebrated by Pope in his characters of women, under the character of Atossa, viii. 295. severe reflections on her conduct, ii. 63. review of her conduct, vi. 4.

Marmor Norfolciense, an essay on an ancient prophetical inscription, vi. 89.

Marriage, the divorce of the earl and countess of Macclesfield by the lords, considered as a bad precedent, viii. 97. the dictate of nature, and the institution of providence, ii. 87. general observations concerning it, 171. the source of those infelicities which frequently attend that state, 191. why so many are unsuitable, 221. contracts of it begun in fraud, end in disappointment, 222. the officiousness of some in promoting them censured, iii. 44. the folly of publishing them in newspapers, iv. 185. praises on that occasion generally fallacious, 186. proposal for an office for writing matrimonial panegyricks, 187. has many pains, but celibacy no pleasures, i. 255. on the happiness and unhappiness of that state, 258. early marriages characterized, 260. misfortunes of late marriages, 261. early marriages best pleased with their partners, late ones with their children, ibid.

Martin, (who wrote the history of the Hebrides), account of him, ix. 60.

Marvel, Will, story of his journey into Devonshire, iv. 294.

Mason, Mr. additions to Mr. Temple's character of Gray, viii. 480.

Masquerades, their pernicious influence and effects, ii. 48.

Matter, considerations on the hypothesis of, by sir Isaac Newton, vi. 16.

May, Thomas, superiour both to Cowley and Milton in Latin poetry, vii. 10.

Maypole, Miss, her observations on the imprudent conduct of her mother, ii. 263.

Measure for Measure, observations on Shakespeare's comedy, v. 157.

Mediocrity, a quality essential to happiness as well as virtue, ii. 185.

Melanthia, her character, ii. 193.

Melcombe, lord, his Tusculan la Trappe, sent to Dr. Young, viii. 450. his letter to Young, 451.

Melissa, her character, iii. 352. her vanity excited by a general veneration, ibid. by an unexpected reduction of her fortune, subject to various mortifications, 354.

Melissus, his character, ii. 91.

Memory, the peculiar exercise of that faculty of the mind, ii. 201. characterized, iv. 279. collection and distribution, the two offices of, ibid. collection the most greeable part, ibid. Themistocles' wish to learn the art of forgetfulness, 281. observations on the improvement of, 362. the mother of the Muses, 367. the necessity of, in the acquisition of knowledge, 368. nature seldom sparing in the gifts of, ibid. few examples of enormous, wonderful, and gigantick memory, 369. methods of improvement, ibid.

Menander, style of, clear and natural, v. 379. Plutarch's sentiment upon, 383.

Mercator, his history, iv. 89.

Merchant, the knowledge necessary for a merchant, v. 251. the necessity of, between the manufacturer and consumer, explained, ix. 83.

Merchant of Venice, observations on Shakespeare's, v. 159.

Merchant, Mr. in company with Savage and Gregory when James Sinclair was murdered, viii. 115.

Merit, the complaints of the neglect of it often ill-grounded, ii. 283. the persecutors of real merit distinguished into various classes, iii. 185.